Leo Wright (December 14, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas - January 4, 1991 in Vienna) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. He played with Charles Mingus, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Coles, Blue Mitchell and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1950s, early 1960s and in the late 1970s.


Discography

As leader

Soul Talk (Vortex Records)

As sideman

With Kenny Burrell
Bluesin' Around (Columbia, 1962 [1983])

With Gloria Coleman
Soul Sisters (Impulse!, 1963)

With Johnny Coles
Little Johnny C (Blue Note, 1963)

With Tadd Dameron
The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)

With Dizzy Gillespie
Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (Verve, 1961)
Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1961)
Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips, 1962)
A Musical Safari - Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1961 (Booman Records, 1974)
New Wave (Philips, 1963)

With Gildo Mahones
I'm Shooting High (Prestige, 1963)
The Great Gildo (Prestige, 1964)

With Jack McDuff
Screamin' (Prestige, 1962)

With Blue Mitchell
Step Lightly (Blue Note, 1964)

With Lalo Schifrin
Lalo = Brilliance (Roulette, 1962)
Bossa Nova: New Brazilian Jazz (Audio Fidelity, 1962)
Samba Para Dos with Bob Brookmeyer (Verve, 1963)

With Jimmy Witherspoon
Baby, Baby, Baby (Prestige, 1963)
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